Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Couchee \Cou"chee\ (k??"sh?; F. k??"sh?"), n. [F. couch?e a
   sleeping place from coucher. See {Couch}, v. t. ]
   A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a
   sovereign or great prince. [Obs.] --Dryden.

         The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the
         antechambers were full.                  --Bp. Burnet.